So I'm checking my Bloglines feeds this morning, and the folks at About Heroes posted a link to this review of another Batman figure from the Mattel DC Superheroes line, this being from Series 3. Now, we already have the Batman from Series 1, but I'm seriously thinking of getting this one because, honestly, the Series 1 version sucks. It sucks bad. Series 1 Batman is permanently hunched over in a Quasimodo-like manner, which greatly reduces his playability. Series 3 Batman has evolved the ability to stand upright. (Envisions an "Ascent of Batman" tableau...)
But what are we going to do with two Batman figures? We do have two Wolverine figures, but since Wolverine is often battled over ("but she had him last time!"), that's not all bad (besides, that's one for the Avengers and one for the X-Men).
Two Batmen? Hard to rationalize that one.
Unless we go all pre-Crisis and one can be the Earth-2 Batman.
Otherwise we are probably at a halt on the action-figure-gathering front. Anything else we might be interested in is beyond what I'm willing to pay for these things (these are toys, we only collect them in the sense that we have a bunch of them all in one place--they are here to be played with). But I'll keep an eye on this line of toys in future. I hope Mattel does like the Marvel Legends folks do and makes some of the more obscure characters as well, not only the most mainstream ones--although they may not, since DC Direct may have that market covered.
Am awaiting the Rann-Thanagar War TPB today. I'm told it's gut-wrenchingly awful.
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Here's my advice -- you've read the JLA issues, right? It'd be easier if you read GL, but you can still get the idea.
As you read through RTW, make up internal monologue for Kyle as the series goes on. Makes the series infinitely more enjoyable.
I've read a few GL TPBs (they seem more accessible than some of the other titles), and will try that on my second read-through :). What would possibly have helped me would have been a better understanding of Hawkman and Hawkgirl (and Hawkwoman?) and their history.
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